13 June 2024 / 20 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Councillor Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) writes: "Thank you Cllr Kieron Wilson (Independent, Muscliff & Strouden Park) for taking the time to meet with myself, staff and residents at Vale Lodge this afternoon. "We caught up on progress made regarding the gates (still some work to do but getting there), heard about the partnership with Grounded Community and how residents are benefitting from nutritious meals made in the kitchen, the social activities planned by staff and residents to combat loneliness (can't wait for the bingo!) and saw how the plants from Kings Park Nursery are settling in.
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4 June 2024 / 19 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Today Sara Armstrong was delighted to meet Chris and Danny from BCP Council Highways for an update on the damaged drain. This first came to light last year as a direct result of residents and Sara as their councillor, lobbying officers to get the drain investigated and repaired. During this it came to light that a utility company had damaged the infrastructure and not reported it.
4 June 2024 / 22 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Councillor Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) writes: "This afternoon I've been out finding new homes out in the community for some of the legacy plants from the now closed Kings Park Nursery. Residents at Vale Road complex and Marchwood on Manor Road were only too pleased to plant these hardy perennials in their community gardens. Since the closure of Kings Park Nursery, I've also found new homes for plants at Knyveton Gardens Park and East Howe Youth Centre."
28 May 2024 / 19 October 2024 by chrishenderson
The East Cliff & Springbourne Green Group, led by Councillor Sara Armstrong, has been holding monthly actions to clean up their local community. Here's a selection of photos, with Sara's comments.
9 May 2024 / 22 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Green Councillors Alasdair Keddie (Queen's Park & Charminster) and Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) met with the BCP Graffiti Team as they were cleaning the underpass between their wards, by BH Live and Holdenhurst Road. Alasdair commented: "This underpass is regularly used by our residents as they go to school, work or the gym. We receive frequent reports that the graffiti makes people feel unsafe."
17 April 2024 / 22 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Councillor Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) writes: "I've had some concerns raised from residents about people placing their refuse bins on the highway to save their parking space. This is especially common practice in areas where parking is limited. I emailed the manager of the Enforcement Team about this today who responded as follows:
16 April 2024 / 19 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Councillor Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) says: "Last May, myself and my dedicated team of East Cliff and Springbourne Green community volunteers started taking action to tackle the condition of road signage and street furniture across the ward as part of our commitment to 'cleaner, safer, greener streets'. "I'm pleased to report we are starting to see some green shoots of change! "The road signage on Spring Road after years of neglect has finally been cleaned of graffiti and given a much needed spruce up.
8 April 2024 / 22 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Councillor Sara Armstrong completed one of her regular walk/runabouts around East Cliff & Springbourne, meeting residents and delivering her first ward newsletter since her by-election win.
12 March 2024 / 22 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Councillor Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) has received confirmation from BCP Council's Road Safety Team that School Crossing Patrol Officers are likely to be made redundant in the longer term, in favour of automated engineering measures.
17 February 2024 / 22 October 2024 by chrishenderson
Green Councillors Sara Armstrong (East Cliff & Springbourne) and Alasdair Keddie (Queen's Park & Charminster) visited BCP Council's CCTV Team recently. [Picture: Sara with Tony Gleason, team manager] The team are based at Madeira Road Police Station and manage a network of over 700 cameras. Sara Armstrong said: "We were in awe of the incredible work they do to keep us safe, and help the police with their investigations."
